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CDSB publishes final draft of expanded framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... initial consultation draft that was released earlier this year. The current CDSB reporting framework focuses on the management view of climate change-related risks and opportunities and greenhouse gas emissions. The new draft framework also covers fossil ...

Panel discusses fossil fuel divestment for super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... fund trustees. Expert panel discusses process surrounding fossil fuel divestment L-R: Brian Scott, CEO, Amundi Asset Management Australia; Maged Girgis, Partner, superannuation, Minter Ellison, Rachel Alembakis, publisher, The Sustainability Report ...

oekom research: ESG ratings improve bond performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... wider benchmark. oekom, as part of its assessment process, rates companies which meet "industry-specific sustainability management requirements" with Prime status. In the study, oekem compared the performance of the oekom Prime Portfolio Large Caps (PPLC) ...

APRA adds materiality to trustees' risk management declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Regulation Authority (APRA) has informed superannuation fund trustees that materiality is part of the board's risk management declaration, widening the scope of risks that trustees must disclose to the prudential regulator. Dr Ulysses Chioatto, former ...

DCA panel addresses employment of people with disabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... currently midway through its 2013-2015 accessibility action plan, said Alistair Currie, group chief operating officer and management board sponsor for accessibility and inclusion at ANZ. "I'm an advocate for subject not just because it is the right thing ...

UNSW issues first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... communicate what sustainability means in metrics," said Aaron Magner, director, UNSW safety and sustainability. "It's the old management mantra - you can't manage what you can't measure. A lot of the data is available within the organisation internally ...

LGS hires Scott Armstrong as property portfolio manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... the most recent annual report available on LGS' website. Armstrong has more than 20 years' experience in real estate management. Prior to coming to LGS, he was portfolio manager of direct property for Uniting Financial Services (UFS), the $1b treasury ...

VicSuper publishes first G4, Integrated Reporting annual review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... processes, financial advice, administration processes, outsourcing performance, fraud and misconduct, compliance and risk management, people and culture, financial management, liquidity management, investment processes, information technology and legislative ...

Future Super launches as first fossil-fuel free fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... movement." In its first month of operation, Future Super has enrolled 500 members and has AU$10 million in assets under management. Future Super enrolled members from the crowds at the People's Climate March on 21 September, a strategy that they will ...

Corporate governance: moving to "owner relations" model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... becoming more active in exercising their voting rights, and larger funds taking their domestic Australian investment management in-house, there has been an increased focus on engaging with boards in particular about ESG issues, separate to how they engage ...